The Hans Christian Anderson Award - International Literature

The Hans Christian Anderson Award is the most prestigious award given for international children's literature.  The award is given to an author and an illustrator and is awarded every other year bythe International Board on Books for Young People.  The 2010 winning author was David Almond.  The honored illustrator was Jutta Bauer.

Some of David Almond's works include

I reviewed Kate, The Cat, and the Moon.  This is basically a bedtime story as it is bedtime for Kate.  A white cat appears to Kate just as she is about to drop off to sleep.  Kate and the cat take a nighttime adventure into the neighborhood.  The magical feature in this book is that Kate becomes a cat for the journey.  David Almond is known for his magic realism that captures the imagination of young readers.  I'm really looking forward to reading The Boy Who Climbed Into the Moon.  I will be looking for it on my next trip to the public library.